hi

im just at college doing a tilling course, im just wondering wheres the best place to get all my tools from, and can anyone recomend a good all round cutter, we use ts-40, is it best to go for a cutter that can cut porcelin?

also what tools manufactor would you recomend, and also im looking into getting a van and i am wondering if a small type off van like a berlingo or partner would be suitable

i would appreciate any feed back possible

thanks

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Buy the best you can afford, i would recommend the TX range from Rubi for porcelain.

Hi mate you can get all the tools you ned from Trade Tiler .com Rubi is a good make of tools, ive got a Rubi TR600 and it cuts through porcelain with no problems. Cheers, Mick

As for choice of van i think that size would be perfect but you may wish to add roof bars and a tube to hold longer items such as trim and straight edges.

thanks for that, does it matter much about named trowels and stuff because i am in construction, and cheap one seem to break so is there makes to look for apart from rubi

Trowels. in order of choice, Rubi (stainless), Marshalltown, Hoffman.

would agree with foxman tradetiler best place to get your tools from and fairly priced

hi mate

Welcome to the Forum

same as above tradetiler for your tools and i have a small renualt kangoo with roof rack and pipe carrier for my trims and battons works a treat. i save £1000 a year on deisel with the smaller van than a larger van like my mate has.

Hi Smith(y) Never buy cheap. Sometimes if you are just starting, work your budget out re tools and vans. Toolwise, the list is endless and van wise it can be cheaper to get a large car. I could get three mtr lengths in my Senic, you can't in a small van! (as Sir ramic said, you need a rack etc) just something to think about mate

been looking at that trade tiller seems really good, cheers for that, he has a great start up pack, and a cutter with an extended arm for cutting porcelin, im just at college at moment, but as soon as im better want to try getting a company to take me on as an apprentice, but now want to get bits and bobs together, so im ready

Originally Posted by smith_21

been looking at that trade tiller seems really good, cheers for that, he has a great start up pack, and a cutter with an extended arm for cutting porcelin, im just at college at moment, but as soon as im better want to try getting a company to take me on as an apprentice, but now want to get bits and bobs together, so im ready

Good luck with that

hi mate and good luck

i must admit the stainless trowels are nice as mentioned dont buy cheap stuff try thinking of it as a investment towards the future also if you are going to be using something every day its good to get a better version of something if its something you are only going to use every now and then perhaps its ok to look at a cheaper alternative

as for vans i use a kangoo with a good roof rack mainly for 8x4 sheets etc its good on fuel and is large enough for everything ( and i do kitchen fitting etc too so i have carpentry/plumbing stuff etc in their too!) i found and perhaps its me but when i had a larger van (vw t5) it just got filled up with rubbish and stuff that i normally leave in my garage and it became very unorganised

good luck with everything